Cardiovascular and hormonal responses to a meal in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: A comparison of patients with and without postprandial exacerbation of symptoms

Some patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy experience postprandial exacerbation of symptoms. The aim of this study was to determine whether the hemodynamic and/or hormonal responses to a meal differ between patients with and without postprandial symptoms. Ten hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical cardiology (Mahwah, N.J.) N.J.), 1996-02, Vol.19 (2), p.129-135
Hauptverfasser: Gilligan, David M., Marsonis, Antonios, Joshi, Jayshree, Bloom, Stephen R., Oakley, Celia M., Nihoyannopoulos, Petros, Ghatei, Mohammad A.
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Zusammenfassung:Some patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy experience postprandial exacerbation of symptoms. The aim of this study was to determine whether the hemodynamic and/or hormonal responses to a meal differ between patients with and without postprandial symptoms. Ten hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients with postprandial symptoms, 10 patients without postprandial symptoms, and 10 normal subjects ate a 740 Kcal meal, following which heart rate, blood pressure, and echocardiographic and gastrointestinal hormone changes were compared among the three groups. Heart rate increased (p
ISSN:0160-9289
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DOI:10.1002/clc.4960190211